Greenspan Book Criticizes Bush And Republicans  —  'They Deserved to Lose';  —  Former Fed Chief Defends  —  Pre-Bubble Rate Cuts  —  In a withering critique of his fellow Republicans, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says in his memoir that the party to which he has belonged …

Giuliani Also Gets Liberal Discount From Times  —  Marketers, Take Note: 61% Price Chop for Ad in Grey Lady if You Buy Standby  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Rudy Giuliani got a lot of attention yesterday when he attacked The New York Times for giving MoveOn.org what he called sweetheart pricing on the group's …

WATCH THIS SPACE...  Breaking news...  Today, the Armorer and a group of milbloggers participated in a tiny bit of history.  —  We got to meet the President of the United States.  And talk with him for an hour.  —  With two of us linking in courtesy of the 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad …

McCain Calls for MoveOn.org to be "Thrown Out of the Country"  —  At a crowded rally at a VFW hall in Hudson, NH last night, McCain — again — used the MoveOn "Betray Us" ad as a emotional crowd-pleaser.  It was a boisterous event, so when I thought I heard McCain call for MoveOn to be …

The Party of Civil Rights  —  It wasn't the Democrats.  —  An anniversary passed without much notice on September 9th.  It was fifty years since President Eisenhower signed the 1957 Civil Rights Act.  This was the first civil rights legislation to make it into law since Reconstruction …

Condi's "Closest Female Friend"  —  Yesterday on the show I had an interesting conversation with Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler, whose new book is The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy.  —  There have long been questions …

Democrats Push a Tactic to Shift Iraq Plan  —  Now that President Bush and Gen. David H. Petraeus have charted their course for the Iraq war, Democrats in the Senate say one of their proposals aimed at shifting the president's strategy is finally close to winning enough Republican support for a real chance at being approved.

"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  Manufacturing consent, stifling dissent  —  In April, Bill Moyers introduced Buying the War by explaining, "The story of how high officials misled the country has been told, but they couldn't have done it on their own; they needed a compliant press …

CIA Bans Water-Boarding in Terror Interrogations  —  The controversial interrogation technique known as water-boarding, in which a suspect has water poured over his mouth and nose to stimulate a drowning reflex, has been banned by CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden, current and former CIA officials tell ABCNews.com.

Conviction in Jena case overturned  —  Judges rule teen should not have been tried as adult in racially tinged case  —  JENA, La. - A state appeals court Friday tossed out the aggravated battery conviction that could have sent a black teenager to prison for 15 years in last year's beating …

Fred's Strategy Revealed  —  As Christy pointed out (additional hat tip to Michael Whitney), Ol' Fred seems a bit mnemonically challenged, to say the least.  —  On the Terry Schiavo circus, he said: … On the differences between his Social Security plan and Dubya's (which he supported):

Top Ten Tony Snow Exchanges With Helen Thomas  —  Today is Tony Snow's last day as White House press secretary.  —  There's no way you can remember Snow's service to this country without revisiting his edgy exchanges with Helen Thomas.  —  Here then are the Top Ten Tony Snow/Helen Thomas moments from his White House press briefings:

Galloway commentary: Bush still refuses to admit he was wrong  —  Well, now we've heard from General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker and President George W. Bush, and it appears that the Surge has succeeded — succeeded in guaranteeing that the Iraq War will drag on for the last 16 months …